Red peach cake explained

Red peach cake
Alternate Name:Png kuih, png tho kuih, ang tho kuih
Country:China
Region:China and Southeast Asia
Course:Snack
Type:Pastry
Main Ingredient:Glutinous rice flour, mushrooms, shallots, peanuts

Red peach cake, also known as rice peach cake and rice cake is a small teardrop shaped Teochew kuih (stuffed dumpling) with soft sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped over a filling of glutinous rice, peanuts, mushrooms, and shallots. The skin of the kuih is often dyed pink, and shaped with a wooden mould before steaming.[1] The cake is native to the Teochew people.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Teochew Png Kuih Revisited (潮州饭桃) - Guai Shu Shu. 2016-03-13. Guai Shu Shu. 2018-05-23. en-US.
  2. Book: Mathews, Mathew. Singapore Ethnic Mosaic, The: Many Cultures, One People. 2017-10-31. World Scientific. 9789813234758. en.
  3. Book: Low, Eric. The Little Teochew Cookbook. 2015-06-15. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. 9789814677387. en.